CA: Root and Rebound Re-Entry Events June-July

Source (sign up here): Root and Rebound 6/15/21 Root and Rebound is offering these useful events in California: FREE Virtual Reentry Legal Clinics July 13 – 15th, 2021 | 2 – 7 p.m. PT Open to Merced, San Joaquin, Sacramento, Mendocino, Lake, Del Norte, and Humboldt county residents Voices for Justice: On Tribal Justice See below for a recording of our most recent Tribal Justice event Liberation Celebration: A Juneteenth Community Forum Wednesday, June 23rd | 12 – 1 p.m. PT via Zoom RSVP for our webinar celebrating Juneteenth Know Your Rights Training Monday, June 28th | 12 – 2 p.m. PT via Zoom…

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CA: Root and Rebound Rapidly is Responding to Our Communities’ Needs by Expanding Support During Covid-19

[rootandrebound.org – 3/26/20] Dear Community, As an organization that serves, supports, and advocates for the rights of people who have been impacted by mass incarceration–people who are currently and formerly incarcerated and their families, we understand that people are struggling right now in the midst of this pandemic. We believe that the strongest organizations are those that are willing to be responsive, to learn, and to adapt to what is happening on the ground and what is needed from us in this moment.  So we are flexing and adapting our…

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CA: Root and Rebound’s Free Oakland legal clinic for people with records on March 6

Come to R&R’s next FREE legal clinic for people with arrest and conviction records. Examples of legal issues we can support on include: • Parole and Probation conditions; • Child Visitation and Custody, and Child Support rights; • Record-cleaning; • Fines & Fees and other Court-ordered debt; • Employment rights and “Ban the Box”; • Occupational license issues; • Housing rights; • Getting a Driver’s License or other form of ID; • Immigration rights with a record; • Voting rights. • And any other issue related to having a record.…

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CA: Root and Rebound to Open Fresno Office to Serve Women with Criminal Records and in Reentry

[rootandrebound.org and calwellness.org] We are thrilled to announce our growth to Fresno, CA! Root & Rebound to Open Fresno Office to Serve Women with Criminal Records and in Reentry We are thrilled to finally share this news—we are opening an office in Fresno, CA thanks to the California Wellness Foundation, which will serve women in reentry and women with criminal records/past justice-involvement to move through the hurdles and obstacles they face and change the systems and structures that create unnecessary barriers to opportunity. A three-person team, composed of a reentry attorney,…

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CA: Root and Rebound Free Legal Clinics

[rootandrebound.org] Part of Root & Rebound’s mission is to conduct free legal clinics in California for those in the process of reentry to society. For a list of legal clinics and other services, view the Public Education Team Newsletter: Go to http://www.rootandrebound.org/community-trainings Click on the long “Click here” button. Click on “Join our mailing list” at the top of that list. The emails contain recent additions (see below) that have not yet been added to the newsletter. Below are recently-added upcoming legal services clinics in Santa Rosa, Fresno, and Contra…

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CA: Root and Rebound’s Feb 24 Berkeley CA Family Law Clinic for people with records

Root & Rebound will be hosting its second Family Law Clinic for people with records. Root & Rebound will be offering one-on-one appointments with their reentry attorneys for any person with a criminal record who needs help with issues related to family law. Date: February 24th, 2018 Time: 10 am – 4 pm Location: 1730 Franklin St., Suite 300, Oakland, CA 94612 At this clinic, get help with family law issues like: Understanding your rights in family court, probate court, or dependency court as a person with a criminal record.…

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